One of England’s finest Georgian townhouses Fairfax House transports you to the glory days of city-living in eighteenth century York.
Originally the winter home of Viscount Fairfax and his daughter Anne, Fairfax House’s richly decorated interiors and magnificent stucco ceilings make it a masterpiece of Georgian design and architecture.
Set in the heart of York, Fairfax House reveals the domestic interiors in which these Georgians would have walked, the tastes and fashions of the day for architecture, interior decoration, food and furnishings, as well as the customs and habits of York’s wealthy gentry and aristocracy.

Explore the Collection
With its beautiful furniture, clocks, silver and paintings (including the nationally-significant Noel Terry collection), Fairfax House offers a fascinating window into the exclusive tastes of Britain’s wealthy Georgian elite. It evokes a life once lived in comfort and grandeur, vividly recalling a lost world of townhouse-living in the 1760s. The collection brings the house alive and creates a special feeling of warmth. It eloquently complements John Carr’s magnificent interiors, helping to reimagine its spaces and recreate the opulence, grandeur and comfort which once existed.

Discover the Townhouse
Glorious architecture, resplendent interiors, refined decoration… discover this townhouse’s fascinating history spanning 250 years, and unlock stories of its inhabitants above and below stairs, Georgian city-living, extravagant parties, balls and entertaining, its hidden secrets and story of Catholic recusancy, and its on-going life and radical transformation from elegant residence to 20th century cinema … The very walls of Fairfax House have much to tell.

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